Doing the right thing

What’s the best question to determine moral courage in an individual, during a professional interview? Tell me of a time you fired someone because that was the right thing to do for the companyIt’s fancy to suggest that one should always do the right...

Build vs buy

Build: We should build the capability of doing this in house. It’s core to us and we have the expertise to build it. Buy: This is important to us but we either don’t have the expertise to build it or the time to invest in it. We will be faster or better...

Here are your 4 choices to live life

Choice 1 Nothing that I do at an individual level makes any difference. I could save animals, nature, not lie or steal or kill or harm – and yet the world remain the same. So fuck it – I will live life the way I want to. My way! Nothing else matters....

Let myself down

You work really hard. And at some point that work stops becoming a process, a way of life, an approach. Instead, it attaches itself to a goal. A goal in your head, created by your expectations. And then you don’t hit the goal. Suddenly, while you should have met...

It’s market practice

Had a late night discussion within the senior management, on the principles of annual bonus. In question were people who join between Jan – Mar every year and are not eligible for the annual appraisal or bonus, in April. When they do go through the process the...

The 2 virtues often confused to be the same

The other day, at an office party, a colleague asked me “All through this fund raising process, when things were not going our way, how did you remain so patient?” Inside of me, I was like, “patient? Me?” I am nothing like patience. Yes, I am...